emotionableadj.
/ᵻˈməʊʃn̩əbl/, /ᵻˈməʊʃ(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /əˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/ = emotional adj. 1.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] > easily affected by emotion
emotional1821
emotionate1824
emotive1843
emotionable1860
1860 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 692/2 I am only a weak, emotionable woman, and cannot answer thy subtle reasoning.
1889 Universal Rev. 3 46 The secret of his supremacy over an emotionable nation.
1893 Daily News 6 May 5/5 Mr. Asquith, not ordinarily an emotionable man.
1940 Circleville (Ohio) Herald 26 Nov. 4/4 The instrument could not be turned over to an unstable emotionable person.
1957 E. Enright Gone-away Lake (2000) ii. 25 You're the most emotionable boy I ever knew.
2007 U. Libbrecht Within Four Seas xix. 578 Man was an emotionable being and this emotion was the basis for morality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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